Russia says Ukraine launched drone attacks on final day of presidential vote
The new wave of attacks hit the territory on Sunday, killing at least two people including a teenager, according to local officials.
The new wave of attacks hit the territory on Sunday, killing at least two people including a teenager, according to local officials.
Opposition activists had called for those opposed to the president’s rule and likely extension of his tenure to gather at noon on Sunday.
Moscow said its military downed 35 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised a ‘just response’ to the attack in a video address.
The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent rights groups.
It also said the attackers lost seven tanks and five armoured vehicles.
The fallout from the edited royal photo features heavily on Tuesday’s newspaper front pages.
Poland’s foreign minister and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Vatican both used Second World War analogies to condemn Francis’s remarks.
The head of the Catholic Church said Ukraine should not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.
The Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic penal colony two weeks ago.
Russian authorities would only say the building suffered damage in an ’emergency’.
Sergei Sokolov was detained by officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism, Novaya Gazeta said.
Navalny died this month at a remote Arctic penal colony.
Rustan Umerov said that each delayed aid shipment meant Ukrainian troop losses.
Ivan Zhdanov thanked ‘everyone’ who had called on Russian authorities to return Mr Navalny’s body to his mother.